http://libcom.org/tags/victoria The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://libcom.org/history/1986-victoria-nurses-strike <br /> Nurses are often seen as the archetypal &#8216;handmaidens&#8217; of men. Yet if there was ever an experience that demolished this image, it was the Victorian nurses&#8217; strike of 1986, in which a predominantly female workforce took on and defeated the State Labour government. <br /> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/history/1986-victoria-nurses-strike">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/history/1986-victoria-nurses-strike#comments Oceania Australia health and medicine 1980s BLF on-the-job action strikes Victoria women -36.949891 144.580078 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:22:05 +0000 Steven. 9877 at http://libcom.org http://libcom.org/history/1985-the-victoria-nurses-strike <p><span style="font-weight:bold">It ended in a partial victory, despite the unions' lack of militancy and more importantly layed the groundwork of rank-and-file organisation which was to play a key role in the <a href="/history/articles/victoria-nurses-strike-1986" class="bb-url">1986 nurses' strike</a>.</span></p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/history/1985-the-victoria-nurses-strike">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/history/1985-the-victoria-nurses-strike#comments Oceania Australia health and medicine 1980s on-the-job action strikes Victoria women Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:16:52 +0000 Steven. 9873 at http://libcom.org